Detective grimoire

Detective Grimoire is a mystery game created by SFB game and published by Armour games. I’m not talking about the new Detective Grimoire game (I read that a new one is going to be out soon in steam and humble bundle). I am talking about the free online version Detective Grimoire.

This game is actually the usual point and click adventure game. You click on the area to interact or to move around the map. The graphics is quite decent and there is no voice over. There is definitely some music that changes occasionally. Most of the time all you could hear from the characters are “Ahem” or “Hmmm.” I am pretty sure there are no other noises from the character itself.

Besides all of that, I like the storyline behind this game. It’s simple yet a little in dept. The player has to play as the main character known as Detective Grimoire. One of the characters has died in the game and the detective has to find out who killed the victim.

There are six characters in the game. They are; Two Mascots whom have problems with each other, One repair technician who handles the whole park technical problems, a student who looks after a game stall (also the technician’s niece) a cleaner who is young and has a crush on the student that manages the game stall and the manager who is a little ignorant about the job he does.

Player has to explore the place and talk to each suspect to find out on who is the right killer. Player has to read the lines, look at the clue list and profile. Occasionally they need to find for the clue in the NPC’s area.

With those clues they could use it on the suspects and try to find out the clue. Once the Detective feels suspicious, he uses the “stare” to get out the truth. While the suspect is talking, there will be a white flash. Once it flashes, player has to move the cursor to the right quickly. If you miss the timing, then the suspect will not get a shock and will tell a lie.

I would say that this game is suitable for those who want to play a game for a short while or those who simply love story based game. You could finish the game in less than one hour and its does requires a lot of detective skills like scanning for thumbprint. It's all about the story.

I have included a short video of the gameplay (Just the first five minutes of the game) Please feel free to view it or to play the game: http://armorgames.com/play/200/detective-grimoire . It’s worth a shot. 

To watch the video: http://youtu.be/fcIA58g9DD8